Is Browsing Protection safe?

Clean risk

Adds HTTPS browsing support for F-Secure security products, including banking protection and site ratings.

This extension works with installed F-Secure security products to protect web browsing, online banking, and shopping. It enables Banking Protection, rating icons, SafeSearch mode for search engines, and block pages for unwanted HTTPS web content.

F-Securev8.0.23Chrome Web Store
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Who publishes it

F-Secure Corporation - 2 other listings from the same operator, none carrying a finding

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

Publisher
F-Secure
Declared legal entity
F-Secure Corporation
Registered address
Tammasaarenkatu 7, Helsinki 00180, FI
Registered contact
Päivi Horelli

Same store account

2 other listings published from this account, 50k+ users between them, none of them carrying a finding.

Shared hosts - 2 hostnames

Hostnames hardcoded in this extension that few other listings call. That can mean one operator behind both, and it can equally mean a small shared vendor, so it is context rather than a conclusion. Hosts that many listings call are left out: they are services, not connections.

help.f-secure.com
Also called by 2 other listings, including Browsing Protection by F-Secure
f-secure.com
Also called by 3 other listings, including Browsing Protection by F-Secure, Browsing Protection by WithSecure

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

Publishers can request a review.

Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed F-Secure Browsing Protection contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • F-Secure

    F-Secure Browsing Protection sends data to F-Secure. Named as a recipient in this extension's own analysis.

Updated 30 September 2026jmjjnhpacphpjmnnlnccpfmhkcloaade